HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #5080069590
Bassin de Fitzroy River
A watershed (drainage basin) is not a body of water — it is the land area where rainfall converges towards a single river that eventually reaches the sea (or an endorheic basin). Boundaries follow ridgelines.
Crosses 1 administrative regions : Rockhampton
Sub-basin area
636,4km²
Upstream area
140 914,3km²
Discharge
211,3m³/s
Mean elev.
71m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
Outlet (drains to ocean / endorheic)
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Lion Creek910 km²
- Bassin de Fitzroy River723 km²
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 634.9 km²100.0% of basin
8 intersecting protected areas
Mount Archer
IUCN IINational Park
42.09 km² overlap
Fitzroy River
IUCN VIFish Habitat Area (A)
21.53 km² overlap
Flat Top Range
IUCN VIResources Reserve
10.77 km² overlap
Bouldercombe Gorge
IUCN VIResources Reserve
4.02 km² overlap
Bouldercombe Gorge
IUCN IIIConservation Park
2.25 km² overlap
Great Barrier Reef
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
0.15 km² overlap
Rockhampton Pistol Club
IUCN VINature Refuge
0.12 km² overlap
Belgamba
IUCN VINature Refuge
0.00 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 997 distinct species · 48 133 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 33 species (selected proportionally per kingdom among those with at least one documented interaction here) to keep the graph readable. Hover for details, click to explore the full ecosystem of a species.
ℹ️ The territory contains many more species than displayed and all their documented interactions: the graph is intentionally the structural skeleton (top-N species by composite local score, edges filtered by Serrano 2009 disparity filter α=0.2).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Bassin de Fitzroy River : 31 espèces reliées par 31 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 5.9%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 2 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
22,0°C
Annual rain
903mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,40
Runoff
145mm/an
PET
1 511mm
AET
765mm
Mean slope
3,8°
Water table
306cm
Forest
29%
Crops
1%
Urban
5%
Protected
13%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)